Eupithecia limbata

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| genus = Eupithecia

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| authority = Staudinger, 1879{{cite web |last=Yu |first=Dicky Sick Ki |url=http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82856735 |title=Eupithecia limbata Staudinger 1879 |website=Home of Ichneumonoidea |publisher=Taxapad |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325053818/http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82856735 |archive-date=March 25, 2016}}

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  • Eupithecia irritaria Staudinger, 1892
  • Eupithecia kueppersi Vojnits, 1973
  • Tephroclystia tomillata Chretien, 1904
  • Eupithecia occidens Wehrli, 1927

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Eupithecia limbata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Italy, France, Slovenia, North Macedonia, Greece and Bulgaria.[https://web.archive.org/web/20151222141328/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=444890 Fauna Europaea] It is also found in Iran.{{aut|Mironov, V. & U. Ratzel}}, 2012: New species of the genus Eupithecia Curtis (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentii-nae) from Iran. Zootaxa 3580: 56-68. Abstract: [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/z03580p068f.pdf]

The larvae feed on Eryngium amethystinum.[http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki.pl?Eupithecia_limbata lepiforum.de]

Subspecies

  • Eupithecia limbata limbata
  • Eupithecia limbata tomillata (Chretien, 1904)

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Category:Moths described in 1879

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Category:Moths of Europe

Category:Moths of Asia

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